Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus receives annual grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Each year, the Grants Management Section is responsible for completing and submitting Annual Action Plans to HUD. Annual Action Plans identify projects and establish budgets for the City’s HUD grant programs, and summarize annual efforts for consultation, citizen participation, and anticipated outcomes.
The Fiscal Year 2026 budget for HUD has been enacted. The City's 2026 allocations from the Office of Community Planning and Development's (CPD) formula programs are as follows:
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): $7,498,472
• HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME): $4,395,313.60
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): $2,739,753
• Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG): $661,582
FISCAL IMPACT: The City has received a total of $15,295,120.60 in grant awards for the four programs listed above. This legislation authorizes the Mayor to accept those grant awards and enter into grant agreements with HUD. City Departments managing these awards will submit future legislation to authorize both the appropriation and expenditure of those funds.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to adopt the Draft FY 2026 Annual Action Plan, authorize the acceptance of 2026 HUD Community Planning and Development grant awards, and authorize the filing of the final FY 2026 Annual Action Plan with HUD so that the Department of Finance and Management can appropriate funds, execute agreements, and complete other necessary steps prior to the commencement of the Fiscal Year on January 1, 2027 to comply with federal requirements.
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To adopt the Draft FY 2026 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG programs; to authorize the acceptance of 2026 HUD Community Planning and Development grant awards; to authorize the filing of the final FY 2026 Annual Action Plan with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and to declare an emergency. ($15,295,120.60)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus receives formula grants on an annual basis from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and Development for the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG programs; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to submit one-year Annual Action Plans to HUD detailing the various projects to be funded; and
WHEREAS, the Grants Management Section is conducting a public input process in compliance with the City of Columbus Citizen Participation Plan; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management to adopt the Draft FY 2026 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG programs; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to adopt the Draft FY 2026 Annual Action Plan, authorize the acceptance of 2026 HUD Community Planning and Development grant awards, and authorize the filing of the final FY 2026 Annual Action Plan with HUD so that the Department of Finance and Management can appropriate funds, execute agreements, and complete other necessary steps prior to the commencement of the Fiscal Year on January 1, 2027 to comply with federal requirements, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1: That the City of Columbus hereby adopts the Draft FY 2026 Annual Action Plan.
SECTION 2: That the Department of Finance and Management will submit a final FY 2026 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
SECTION 3: That the Mayor, acting on behalf of the City of Columbus, is hereby authorized to adopt the final FY 2026 Annual Action Plan, enter into grant agreements with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and accept the Fiscal Year 2026 combined $15,295,120.60 in funds for the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG grant programs.
SECTION 4: That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.